Swayfield

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 6° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:30

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

299 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 400 casualties · 20.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

10 food businesses within 2 miles

• 10 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£265,305 average▲ 4% YoY

Across South Kesteven · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£845 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £585
• 2 bed £756
• 3 bed £914

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,081 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 170.9p · ESSO (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · ESSO (10.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Openfield Agriculture LTD (4.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,405 residents in South Kesteven · 152/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,857
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,477
• Net moves+1,380

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 201 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,260 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 67,490)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

76 schools · 23,282 pupils

52 primary · 10 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 28 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

67 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Kesteven

710 CQC-registered services

• Care homes284
• GP practices108
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies128
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lincolnshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

211 applications decided

91.5% granted · 193 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 18
• LD 3
• Grn 2
• Ref 5
• Oth 25

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

6,915 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£706 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,860 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,658 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Biomass 33% · Gas 13% · Imports 4%

91 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lincolnshire): 58.6 women · 58.6 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in NG33

• The Glenside Country Practice
• Colsterworth Surgery
• Market Cross Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills267 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks231 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases163 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately147 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Swayfield · 0.3 km

  Swayfield is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 316. It is situated just over 3 miles (5 km) east from the A1…

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  Corby Glen railway station · 1.7 km

  Corby Glen railway station was a station on the Great Northern Railway main line serving Corby Glen, Lincolnshire. It was west of the village on the Melton Mowbray road, and was originally named just Corby, but was re…

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  Beltisloe · 2.2 km

  Beltisloe is a Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln in England, and a former Wapentake.

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  Charles Read Academy · 2.2 km

  Charles Read Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Corby Glen, Lincolnshire, England. It serves the villages between Stamford, Bourne and Grantham.

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  South Kesteven · 2.3 km

  South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. Its council is based in Grantham. The district also includes the towns of Bourne…

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  Grantham and Stamford · 2.3 km

  Grantham and Stamford was a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1997 to 2024.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)